B 20-7 Kuśopadeśa

Manuscript culture infobox

Filmed in: B 20/7
Title: Kuśopadeśanītisāra
Dimensions: 20.5 x 4.5 cm x 4 folios
Material: palm-leaf
Condition:
Scripts: Newari
Languages: Sanskrit
Subjects: Nīti
Date:
Acc No.: NAK 1/1606
Remarks:

Reel No. B 20-7

Title: Kuśopadeśa

Subject: Nīti

Language: Sanskrit

Manuscript Details

Script: Newari

Material: palm-leaf

State: incomplete

Size: 20.5 x 4.5 cm

Binding Hole: 1, left of the centre

Folios: 4

Lines per Folio: 5

Foliation: letters in the left margin of the verso, figures in the right

Date of Copying: [NS] 541 (~ 1421 AD)

Place of Deposit: NAK

Accession No.: 5-1606

Manuscript Features

Two of the four folios, numberd as 1 and 4, belong to a Kuśopadeśa manuscript. The other two are a coverleaf and a folio of another manuscript.

Excerpts

Beginning

oṃ namaḥ sāradāyai ||

nāgo bhāti madena kaṃ jalaruhaiḥ pūrṇṇendunā śarvarī
śīlena pramadā javena turago nityotsavai(!) maṇḍiram(!) |
vāṇī vyākaraṇe(!) haṃsayugalai(!) nadyaḥ sabhā paṇḍitaiḥ
satputrena(!) kulaṃ tvayā vasumatī lokatrayam viṣṇunā || 1 || (fol. 1r1-2)

«Excerpt:»

durmmantriṇaṃ kam upayāti(!) (!) nītidoṣāḥ
santāpayanti kam upathya(!)bhujan na rogāḥ |
kaṃ śrī(!) na (fol. 1v5)

°ratim asto gaja iva |
tato mānādhyātaḥ prapātati(!) yadā kaṣṭagahane
tadā bhūrtto(?) doṣā kṣipati na nijaṃ vai hya(?) vinayam || 7 || (fol. 4r1)

Colophon

iti kuśopadese nītisāre aṃgaḍa(!)kumārakīyeḥ(?) ślokāṣṭa samāpta || || samvat 541 vaisākhakṛṣṇaḥ tītiyāṃ(!) tithau | liṣā || yathā dṛṣṭā tathā lita leṣiko nāsti doṣakaṃ liṣiti manajasyārthena svabham(!) astu sarvvadā subha || thathatha thathaḥ | (fol. 4r3-5)

Microfilm Details

Reel No. B 20/7

Date of Filming: 11-09-1970

Exposures:

Used Copy: Kathmandu (scan)

Type of Film: positive

Remarks:

Catalogued by AM

Date: 18-10-2011